Improvement in lounges and chairs combined



S. HERSCHMANN.

Improvement in Loungesand Chairs Combined.

N0. 4,679 Patented May 9,1871.

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SIEGMUND HERSOHMANN, OF NEW YORKQN. Y.

Letters Patent No. 114,679, dated May 9, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOUNGES AND CHAIRS COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of theseine.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of this inventionwhen folded up to be used as a rocking chair.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same when unfolded to be used as alounge;

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a rocking chair which is provided with afolding seat and a back that'can be turneddown, that portion of the seatwhich foldsout being furnished with legs which can be turned up or down,while the back of the chair is provided with an extension brace so thatthe same can. be supported at any desired inclination.

The side pieces of the back can be disconnected from the arm-pieces andturned down with the back, or said side pieces and arm-pieces may remainin position when the back is turned down so as to form abutments,preventing the bed-clothes from falling off if the chair is used as alounge or bed.

ln the drawing- The letterA designates a chair, the seat B of which isconstructed with a leaf, 0, connected to said seat by hinges a, so: thatit can be folded up to the position shown in fig. 1, or turned out inline with the seat, as shown in fig. 2r

To the loose end of the hinged leaf 0 are pivoted two legs, b, which canbe turned up so as to lie flat against the edge of said leaf, or down soas to stand at rightangles thetcof, (see fig. 2,) and ltLtlIlS latterposition thelegs I) support the outer end of the leaf 0.

When the leaf is turned out to the posit-ion shown in fig.2 it can befastened by sliding bolts 0, situated in the frame of the chair, andoperated by buttons or otherwise.

The back I) of niychair swings on a rod, d, and the side pieces G of theback will also swing on said rod, are connected to the back by screws10, and they are also connected to the arm-pieces H by screws 1, whilethe front ends of said arm-pieces are secured to the frame of the chairby dowel-pins g.

If the screws 0 are taken out, the back 1) can be turned down to theposition shown in fig. '2, and in this position it is sustained by abrace, I, which is so arranged that it can be lengthened or shortenedsothat" the inclination of the backcan be adjusted as maybe required. Inthis case the arm-pieces H and the side pieces G form abutments toprevent the bedclothes from falling off sidewise if the lounge is usedas a bed. a

By removing the screws f the side pieces G may be turned down togetherwith the back D, and the armpieces H can be taken out and laid aside;or, if de-v sired, the arm-pieces'can be so arranged that they can beturned down and take the place of the extension brace I.

My chair is supported by rockers J, which are provided with hinged stopsj, to be turned down to the position shown in fig. 2 when the chair isused as a lounge; but when. the chair is folded up as shown in fig. 1,the stops are turned up and the chair can be used like a common rockingchair. v

Theleaf 0 will be upholstered on both sides, and the seat B onits uppersurface, and the back D will also be upholstered, so that when the chairis unfolded to the position shown in fig. 2- its entire surface will besoft, and'no additional mattress will be required to form a bed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The seat B, provided with a folding leaf, (l,'in combination with theswinging back and its extension brace, and with the side pieces .G andarm-pieces H, all constructed and operating substantially in the man-,ner herein shown and described.

This specification signed by me this 11th day of April, 1871.

' SIEGMUND HERSOHMANN.

Witnesses.

W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER.

